Psalms 129

129 ¹ "They have greatly afflicted me from my youth" — let Israel now say — ² "They have greatly afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me." ³ Plowmen plowed on my back; they made their furrows long. ⁴ Our Father is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.

⁵ May all who hate Zion be ashamed and turned back. ⁶ Let them be like the grass on the rooftops, which withers before it grows up, ⁷ with which the harvester does not fill his hand, nor the one bundling grain his arms, ⁸ while those who pass by do not say, "The blessing of our Father be upon you! We bless you in the name of our Father."